From the bottom of all our hearts here at Mondo,
THANK YOU to everyone for making Happy Tree Friends the number
ONE web-series in October!!!
Your continued support make it all possible. The crew and I will strive…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on November 12, 2009 at 10:55am —
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It feels like it's been a while since I blogged. Where does the time go? Anyway, I thought you guys might be excited to steal your first glimpse of the latest episode, "Swelter Skelter!" By the way, you can thank Creative Director, Dean MacDonald for the title. He came up with it and I thought it work…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on October 28, 2009 at 2:13pm —
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Occasionally, people will ask us to use Happy Tree Friends in their TV shows or movies, which is always flattering. We're just happy that there are fans of the show in all walks of life, especially shows that we're also into! Check out the clip:
It's funny to…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on October 9, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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Let's the the MOST frequent question from these sneak peeks out of the way first, "when is this episode coming out?" Obviously, it's a Halloween episode so we're shooting to get it done a few weeks before then so
expect it sometime mid-October. Ok, back to our regularly scheduled blog...
Hall…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on September 30, 2009 at 4:05pm —
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We've gone through great peril to bring you these images from the current episode we're working on, "Something Fishy." I think we might have lost one animator and Creative Director, Dean MacDonald sustained some bodily injuries. He may never be able to play Rock Band agai…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on August 14, 2009 at 12:00pm —
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I have made my yearly pilgrimage to nerd-vana... and it is good!
Comic Con is such an awesome event that I just HAVE to share it with all of you guys! Besides, I know a lot of you have asked me questions or commented that you couldn't make the trek so, allow me to bring a…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on August 7, 2009 at 3:02pm —
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Greetings, true believers! It's that time of year again when nerds from all corners of the world descend upon the burg of San Diego to be apart of the biggest and best convention in the world,
The San Diego Comic Con…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on July 20, 2009 at 3:20pm —
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I know it's been a while since the original
Burn After Reading post and even longer since the
False Alarm…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on July 14, 2009 at 3:49pm —
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One of the cool things I get to do here at Mondo is be involved with all sorts of different things related to Happy Tree Friends. I get to do side-projects like designs for t-shirts, or help in making toys or packaging for a key-chain, etc... It keeps it all interesting…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on July 6, 2009 at 4:53pm —
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These brave souls were fan enough to join and win in our
YouTube channel contest. I just wanted to send them a hearty shout out! Congratulations!!!
We thought it would be fun to post all the winner's pictures here so w…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on June 23, 2009 at 11:30am —
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In this final installment of our behind-the-scenes look at the
"Wrath Of Con" episode, we'll dive into the last two steps: animation and sound FX/music. If you haven't read th…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on June 5, 2009 at 5:47pm —
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At the behest of our beloved Content Manager and #1 Lumpy fan, Zdravomir Staykov, who's name is unpronounceable in the human tongue (the last person that tried was sent to the hospital. So, for his safety and ours we simple call him "Z" or "Zed") I'm leaking these images of…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on May 21, 2009 at 12:00pm —
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Continuing our behind-the-scenes look at the "Wrath Of Con" epsiode, when last we left our fearless adventurers we just finished talking about the merits of smoothies and thumbnails. Up next...
Step 4 - Storyboards
Now that we have the thumbnails all set we can flush…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on May 12, 2009 at 1:25pm —
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Now that the new episode is out in the wild I thought I'd talk about the step-by-step process of how we make Happy Tree Friends episodes. Hopefully, it'll give you a rough understanding and shed some light on how we do this crazy show. If you haven't had the chance to c…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on May 6, 2009 at 6:09pm —
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Hey, gang! Just a quick entry to give you guys a first look at the latest stuff we're working on!
In previous entries, I've blogged retrospectives about past episodes that we've done but never about one that we're currently working on. So, I'm hoping to start a new feature c…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on April 3, 2009 at 1:49pm —
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Last year we worked together with video game publisher giant SEGA to produce a Happy Tree Friends download only game called
False Alarm for
XBox 360 Live and…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on March 18, 2009 at 12:50pm —
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I heart comics! Every Wednesday I happily skip to my local comic book store to pick up the latest issues, bag and boarded please! Writer
Ken Pontac likes to have them "naked" for his perverse pleasure. Oh, the poor, unp…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on January 27, 2009 at 5:45pm —
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Congratulations to all our
Yule Tube prize winners! Creavitve Director, Dean MacDonald cooked up this crazy idea to give the three grand prize winners a log! But, it's not just any log. These one's are special...…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on January 12, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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Buddhist Monkey is a character we've already done two shorts for previously,
Enter The Garden and…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on January 6, 2009 at 5:30pm —
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The most recent and exciting thing we’ve been working on here at Mondo is the new
Ka-Pow! series. For this post, I'd like to talk about how this whole thing even got started, show you guys some development art and my thoughts on how
W.A.R. Journal shaped up. S…
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Added by Kenn Navarro on December 15, 2008 at 11:30am —
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